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3/2 6:13 PM:A transient woman has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting the owner of a jewelry studio and gallery inside his North Beach business and then burglarizing the business along with another man, San Francisco police said today.
The body of Lyn Magnuson was found by officers responding to a request for a well-being check at about 8 p.m. Tuesday at his business, Lyn F. Magnuson Design Co., located at 2100 Mason St. near Lombard Street, San Francisco police Officer Eric Chiang said.
Magnuson had suffered a gunshot wound, police Chief Jeff Godown said.
The homicide might have happened days earlier, Chiang said.
“It didn’t appear to be recent,” he said.
Tanya Rains, a 58-year-old transient woman, was arrested on suspicion of murder and burglary after police found evidence linking her to the murder scene, Chiang said.
A 31-year-old man, Edward Hawk, was also arrested on suspicion of burglarizing the business, but is not facing murder charges, Chiang said.
Police were not yet releasing what the evidence was that investigators found at the scene.
The website for Lyn F. Magnuson Design Co. states that the business opened last December, and that the property includes Magnuson’s workshop, store and home.
The homicide is San Francisco’s 17th of the year, almost double the total of nine at this point in 2010, police said.
3/2 4:06 PM:A woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing the owner of a jewelry studio and gallery whose body was found at the business in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on Tuesday night, a police spokesman said today.
The body of Lyn Magnuson was found by officers responding to a request for a well-being check at about 8 p.m. Tuesday at his business, Lyn F. Magnuson Design Co., located at 2100 Mason St. near Lombard Street, San Francisco police Officer Eric Chiang said.
Tanya Rains, a 58-year-old transient woman, was arrested on suspicion of murder and burglary after police found evidence linking her to the murder scene, Chiang said.
A 31-year-old man, Edward Hawk, was also arrested on suspicion of burglarizing the business, but is not facing murder charges, Chiang said.
The website for Lyn F. Magnuson Design Co. states that the business opened last December, and that the property includes Magnuson’s workshop, store and home.
The homicide is San Francisco’s 17th of the year, almost double the total of nine at this point in 2010, police said.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
3/2 9:59 AM: A man’s body was found at a jewelry studio and gallery in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on Tuesday night, police said today.
An officer responding to a request for a well-being check at Lyn F. Magnuson Design Co. at 2100 Mason St., near Lombard Street, found the man’s body at about 8 p.m., San Francisco police Lt. Troy Dangerfield said.
Dangerfield said he did not yet know whether the body was found inside the business or nearby, but police at the Central Station said the body was found in the store.
The website for Lyn F. Magnuson Design Co. states that the business opened last December, and that the property includes Magnuson’s workshop, store and home.
The medical examiner’s office has not yet released the man’s name, and the cause of his death has not yet been determined, Dangerfield said.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
3/1 10:10 PM: San Francisco police investigators are trying to determine the cause of death of a man whose body was discovered in a North Beach residence tonight, a police spokesman said.
An officer responding to a request for a well-being check discovered the man’s body at 8 p.m. upon entering a residence in the 2100 block of Mason Street, police Officer Eric Chiang said.
As of 10 p.m., police had yet to determine the man’s cause of death, Chiang said.
Patricia Decker, Bay City News
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